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'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (1723–89) was a French [[philosophy|philosopher]] during the [[Enlightenment]]. He was an author, and one of the [[Encyclopedists]] (French Encyclopédie) who advocated [[naturalism|naturalistic]] and [[materialism|materialistic]] ideas.<ref name="bartleby">Columbia Encyclopedia: [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Holbach.html Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d’]</ref> He was an opponent of Christianity and religion.<ref name="bartleby"/> His most well known work was ''Système de la nature'' (''The System of Nature'') published in 1770, which was first published under the name of Mirabaud. <ref name="bartleby"/> He was an early advocate of [[atheism]] in Europe.
'''Paul-Henri Thiry''', Baron d'Holbach (1723–89) was a French [[philosophy|philosopher]] during the [[Enlightenment]]. He was an author, and one of the [[Encyclopedists]] (French Encyclopédie) who advocated [[naturalism|naturalistic]] and [[materialism|materialistic]] ideas.<ref name="bartleby">Columbia Encyclopedia: [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Holbach.html Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d’]</ref> He was an opponent of Christianity and religion.<ref name="bartleby"/> His most well known work was ''Système de la nature'' (''The System of Nature'') published in 1770, which was first published under the name of Mirabaud. <ref name="bartleby"/> He was an early advocate of [[atheism]] in Europe.
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holbach/ Paul-Henri Thiry] - ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosphy''
*Project Gutenberg: The System of Nature, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8909 Volume 1] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8910 Volume 2]
*Project Gutenberg: The System of Nature, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8909 Volume 1] and [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8910 Volume 2]